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Juniper

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.

Director

Matthew J. Saville

Year

Genre

Box Office

$82,969

Production

New Zealand Film Commission,Long & Short Story Studio,Sandy Lane Productions,Celsius Entertainment

Awards

1 win

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Perhaps you could show
me around the gardens. - Juniper

Perhaps you could show me around the gardens.

(CHUCKLES)
In my chair, you idiot. - Juniper

(CHUCKLES) In my chair, you idiot.

I think I'll take a pass
on all of those options. - Juniper

I think I'll take a pass on all of those options.

I'll bring you food,
I'll take you to the bathroom - Juniper

I'll bring you food, I'll take you to the bathroom

- Please leave.
- (SCOFFS) - Juniper

- Please leave. - (SCOFFS)

(BELL RINGS) - Juniper

(SIGHS SOFTLY) - Juniper

(GRUNTING, YELPING CONTINUES) - Juniper

(GRUNTING, YELPING CONTINUES)

TV: You win. Round two. Fight! - Juniper

TV: You win. Round two. Fight!

- (BELL RINGS)
- (GRUNTING, YELPING ON TV) - Juniper

- (BELL RINGS) - (GRUNTING, YELPING ON TV)

(SNIFFS) - Juniper

- Haven't you had enough?
- Oh, no, deary. Not nearly. - Juniper

- Haven't you had enough? - Oh, no, deary. Not nearly.

Gin to here, water to here, - Juniper

Gin to here, water to here,

(JUG CLUNKS) - Juniper

- (RINGING STOPS)
- (BELL RINGS) - Juniper

- (RINGING STOPS) - (BELL RINGS)

(SIGHS) - Juniper

(FOOTSTEPS THUMP) - Juniper

(FOOTSTEPS THUMP)

(GAME PLAYS ON TV) - Juniper

(GAME PLAYS ON TV)

- (RINGING FADES)
- Give me my gin, - Juniper

- (RINGING FADES) - Give me my gin,

(SMASH!) - Juniper

Tell you what - - Juniper

Tell you what -

- (GASPS)
- (GLASS CRASHES) - Juniper

- (GASPS) - (GLASS CRASHES)

Seems I have run
out of ammunition. - Juniper

Seems I have run out of ammunition.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE, DOOR SLAMS) - Juniper

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE, DOOR SLAMS)

- (TABLE RATTLES)
- (GRUNTS) - Juniper

- (TABLE RATTLES) - (GRUNTS)

(GASPS SOFTLY) - Juniper

(SNORTS) - Juniper

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH) - Juniper

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)

Shut up and help me
up, you little fuckwit. - Juniper

Shut up and help me up, you little fuckwit.

(BOTH GRUNT) - Juniper

(SIGHS) - Juniper

- Maybe she won't come back.
- Oh, she'll come back. - Juniper

- Maybe she won't come back. - Oh, she'll come bac...

LAUGHS: Sam, you are a bloody
shit. A bloody little shit. - Juniper

LAUGHS: Sam, you are a bloody shit. A bloody little shit.

Stay. Please have
a drink with me. - Juniper

Stay. Please have a drink with me.

(CHUCKLES) Can we not have
some small talk first? - Juniper

(CHUCKLES) Can we not have some small talk first?

- Why did you come here?
- (LAUGHS) Oh, Christ's sake. - Juniper

- Why did you come here? - (LAUGHS) Oh, Christ's sake.

You have a broken leg,
and you and Dad hate each other. - Juniper

You have a broken leg, and you and Dad hate each other.

I sent him away to boarding
school from the age of 5, - Juniper

I sent him away to boarding school from the age of 5,

- What do you want?
- What do I want? - Juniper

- What do you want? - What do I want?

I want one more passionate
love affair. - Juniper

I want one more passionate love affair.

(BOTH SNICKER) - Juniper

- No. I'm not thirsty.
- Oh, come on. - Juniper

- No. I'm not thirsty. - Oh, come on.

We're not gonna have
a decent conversation - Juniper

We're not gonna have a decent conversation

(SLURPS) - Juniper

- (EXHALES ROUGHLY)
- Can you do it again? - Juniper

- (EXHALES ROUGHLY) - Can you do it again?

- Enough.
- (INHALES SHARPLY) - Juniper

- Enough. - (INHALES SHARPLY)

Must be rather painful
having me occupy it. - Juniper

Must be rather painful having me occupy it.

(SAM RETCHES, VOMITS, COUGHS) - Juniper

(SAM RETCHES, VOMITS, COUGHS)

(SLURPS) - Juniper

(CHUCKLES) Well,
you're an idiot, then. - Juniper

(CHUCKLES) Well, you're an idiot, then.

(GROANS, INHALES DEEPLY) - Juniper

(GROANS, INHALES DEEPLY)

She has the constitution
of a goat. - Juniper

She has the constitution of a goat.

I'm gonna take her into the
hospital later for a check-up. - Juniper

I'm gonna take her into the hospital later for a check-...

- Sure.
- Let me, um - Juniper

- Sure. - Let me, um

- But you left me with her.
- Yes. Well,... - Juniper

- But you left me with her. - Yes. Well,...

Sometimes there's only
so much one can take. - Juniper

Sometimes there's only so much one can take.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE) - Juniper

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)

I've been putting these
together for her. - Juniper

I've been putting these together for her.

That's one way of putting
it. She was really there, - Juniper

That's one way of putting it. She was really there,

- (BELL RINGS)
- I said I'm coming. - Juniper

- (BELL RINGS) - I said I'm coming.

(MUSIC CONTINUES) - Juniper

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

This light allows
the imagination in. - Juniper

This light allows the imagination in.

Even these unkempt gardens
hold some magic. - Juniper

Even these unkempt gardens hold some magic.

One more hour, and they're
just overrun and crap. - Juniper

One more hour, and they're just overrun and crap.

Your father hasn't told you
much about me, has he? - Juniper

Your father hasn't told you much about me, has he?

He said you were a photographer
and that you went to war. - Juniper

He said you were a photographer and that you went to war.

- Games?
- Each morning, - Juniper

- Games? - Each morning,

- And you don't go for it?
- Of course not. - Juniper

- And you don't go for it? - Of course not.

- Why?
- That's the game we play. - Juniper

- Why? - That's the game we play.

Perhaps you can get some of you
friends over to sort out this - Juniper

Perhaps you can get some of you friends over to sort out thi...

(CHUCKLES) You sound
like my kind of people. - Juniper

(CHUCKLES) You sound like my kind of people.

(BEDSHEETS RUSTLE) - Juniper

(BEDSHEETS RUSTLE)

She asked me to get some
new clothes for you. - Juniper

She asked me to get some new clothes for you.

- Why?
- She said you dress like shit. - Juniper

- Why? - She said you dress like shit.

(KNOCK AT DOOR) - Juniper

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Shut up, turn around,
and tuck yourself in. - Juniper

Shut up, turn around, and tuck yourself in.

(SIGHS) - Juniper

- I feel like a dick.
- Well, you don't look like one. - Juniper

- I feel like a dick. - Well, you don't look like one.

No. I... I think it could
improve your sex life. - Juniper

No. I... I think it could improve your sex life.

- What do you mean by that?
- What do you think I mean? - Juniper

- What do you mean by that? - What do you think I mean?

- I'm not a virgin!
- I never said you were. - Juniper

- I'm not a virgin! - I never said you were.

- Very handsome.
- (DISHES CLATTER) - Juniper

- Very handsome. - (DISHES CLATTER)

- (SEATBELT CLICKS, KEYS JANGLE
- What are you doing? - Juniper

- (SEATBELT CLICKS, KEYS JANGLE - What are you doing?

- Taking you to the doctor.
- Where are your flannels? - Juniper

- Taking you to the doctor. - Where are your flannels?

We're not leaving until you
have your flannels on. - Juniper

We're not leaving until you have your flannels on.

(SCOFFS) - Juniper

(MACHINE WHIRRS) - Juniper

(MACHINE WHIRRS)

- What do you mean?
- Things are going slowly. - Juniper

- What do you mean? - Things are going slowly.

Perhaps we should think
about putting in a catheter. - Juniper

Perhaps we should think about putting in a catheter.

It will limit your trips to the
bathroom and take away any - Juniper

It will limit your trips to the bathroom and take away any

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When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.

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Director: Matthew J. Saville

Writer: Matthew J. Saville

Production: New Zealand Film Commission,Long & Short Story Studio,Sandy Lane Productions,Celsius Entertainment

Genre: drama

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 68/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: $82,969

Released: 26 Aug 2021

Awards: 1 win

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